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Chapter 406: Episode 77: The Last Dragon (3)

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- The First Tail Swipe will begin in three minutes.

- The First Tail Swipe is the Apocalypse Dragon's resurrection disaster.

- The First Tail Swipe will annihilate one-quarter of the Star Stream.

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One-quarter of the Star Stream would be annihilated.

It was truly staggering information about the phase.

Yet even after reading the Scenario message, the Constellations still sounded doubtful.

[One-quarter will die? The Administration Bureau knows how to joke, too.]

[Those dokkaebis sure have gotten better at bluffing.]

Most Constellations were used to watching Scenarios rather than participating in them. They were beings who exploited the stories of others to comfort themselves about their own lives.

They were the dokkaebis' customers, so they believed the Administration Bureau would never create a Scenario that would wipe them all out.

But they still didn't know that some stories in this world turned even their audiences into Scenario targets.

The Constellations leaped toward the Apocalypse Dragon, which was gathering strength beyond the atmosphere.

[The Great Fable is ours!]

Greed flashed in their eyes.

"Final Dragon of the Apocalypse" was a Scenario replacing the Great war of Angels and Demons.

If they could defeat the Apocalypse Dragon here, they would gain the strongest Great Fable.

Perhaps growing impatient at that movement, the Constellations of the existing nebulae also leaped into the atmosphere.

[The Constellation Goddess of the Morning Star has released her Status!]

[The Constellation King of Yakshas has released his Status!]

The first to step forward were Vakarine, the Goddess of the Morning Star, and Kubera, the King of Yakshas.

[The nebula Tree of Guardianship is allocating Plausibility to its Constellations!]

[The nebula Veda is allocating Plausibility to its Constellations!]

My companions looked increasingly anxious as they watched the Constellations fly away.

"Shouldn't we go too?"

"Absolutely not."

I spoke as if I were warning them again and again.

Aside from the Constellations who had rushed in like moths to a flame, most of the older Constellations stayed where they were, just as we did. It was as if they knew the outcome of this fight.

I asked Metatron, who was watching the situation while playing dumb.

"Metatron. Are you going to make the Apocalypse Dragon's Sealing Sphere?"

Metatron gazed down at me for a moment, then smiled gently.

[Of course I will. After all, that happened in the 1,863rd round as well. Evil has arrived in the world, so shouldn't we save everyone now?]

As though Metatron had completely forgotten that we had been trying to kill each other only hours ago, the Archangel's eyes were filled with holy light. I had sensed something strange about Metatron before, but seeing the Archangel now, Metatron really did seem insane.

"If that plan succeeds, you'll lose your life too. Then good will disappear from the world."

[I will disappear. Good will not.]

It felt like talking to a brick wall. I shook my head and turned around.

Behind me, Abyssal Black Flame Dragon had shrunk to Biyoo's size, while Han Suyeong stroked him.

The exhausted Black Flame Dragon breathed a small flame into the air.

Suyeong said, "Kim Dokja."

"Why?"

"There's something you haven't told us, isn't there?"

I hesitated for a moment, then asked, "What are you talking about?"

"Come on, it's suspicious. Normally, you'd share all the information before we started. Why haven't you properly explained this Scenario?"

Suyeong glared at me through narrowed eyes and continued.

"There is a way to win, right?"

"There is."

"Can you be sure? You're not planning to use some weird method again, are you?"

"What weird method?"

Suyeong drew a finger sharply across her throat.

I smiled. "Don't worry. I won't."

But Suyeong didn't look convinced at all.

Shin Yuseong added, "Ajeossi, then why do you have that Stigma activated?"

[The Stigma Will to Sacrifice Lv. 8 is active!]

The only Stigma I had created displayed a message in the air while strengthening my companions' bodies.

Huiwon said, "Can't you turn that off now? It's been bothering me for a while."

"And why is the Stigma level so high...?"

Jihye grumbled as well.

"I only activated it to increase everyone's strength," I said, as if making excuses. "I really don't have any strange ideas."

Then Gilyeong interrupted.

"But that Stigma only activates when you're trying to sacrifice yourself for your companions."

"Ajeossi, you're trying to fool us right now, aren't you?"

"Don't tell me Dokja-ssi is at it again..."

The murderous intent rising from my companions made the nearby Constellations flinch. Junghyeok, who had been watching from a distance, was drawing his sword.

I hurriedly pointed toward the Apocalypse Dragon.

"Wait. This isn't the time to worry about that. There's something interesting to watch over there, so everyone look."

The meteor-like trails of the Constellations had finally reached the Apocalypse Dragon's immediate vicinity.

"Those guys are all going to die now."

"Everyone, prepare yourselves. It's about to begin."

Junghyeok drew the Black Heaven Demon Blade as he continued, "Its tail swipe has three stages. Since it is such a powerful disaster, three shockwaves will come."

"There are three of them?"

I added in response to Jihye's question, "The closer you are to the point of origin, the easier it is to cancel out the shockwaves. And if you fight like hell, the first two are survivable, so don't worry too much."

The important one was the third shockwave.

If we couldn't stop it, we would all die, and one-quarter of the Star Stream would be destroyed.

In the distance, the Constellations collided with the Apocalypse Dragon. A wave of light fired by Vakarine struck it head-on, while Kubera's massive curved blade slashed across its back.

At that exact moment, the Apocalypse Dragon's tail moved.

[The First Tail Swipe has begun!]

[The first shockwave has manifested!]

For a moment, I couldn't understand what had happened.

A vivid blue light burst in the distance. I only realized later that it was an immensely condensed spark.

A destructive bolt that had become the Plausibility Backlash itself because it had drawn too heavily upon the Plausibility of the Star Stream.

That was the first shockwave created by the Apocalypse Dragon's tail.

[Something like this, something like this is nothing-]

Kubera shouted in defiance, while the startled Vakarine screamed.

Dozens of Constellations who had challenged the Apocalypse Dragon released their Status at once.

Then something broke.

[The Constellation Goddess of the Morning Star has perished.]

[The Constellation King of Yakshas has perished.]

[The Constellation Wolf of the Deep Night has perished.]

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Indirect Messages poured down like rain.

The stars in the surrounding area exploded and burned away at once.

Jihye muttered blankly, "You call that survivable?"

I had no answer because it was my first time witnessing the tail swipe in person, too.

The electric wave, which had grown larger as it burned through the Constellations, was now ready to spread across the entire Star Stream.

And we stood at the point where it began.

[Shit, run!]

A few terrified Constellations turned to flee.

But this wasn't an attack they could escape by running.

I shouted through a constellation's declaration.

[Everyone, calm down. There is a way to stop it.]

[Don't talk nonsense! Didn't you see that?]

[The shockwave created by the tail swipe can be absorbed with Status of the same attribute, or nullified with Status of the opposing attribute. As long as you have enough Plausibility to withstand it.]

The spreading electric wave grew faster and faster. Accelerating, it bared its greedy teeth as though it would soon swallow us whole.

[Everyone, move aside.]

A Constellation stepped forward.

Covered from head to toe in dazzling lightning, he raised his giant constellation artifact hammer high into the sky.

[I am Odin's son, Thunder of Thursday.]

It was Thor, the Thunder of Thursday, whom I had met at the Gourmet Association.

[I will bury the Apocalypse Dragon's thunder here!]

A bolt of lightning struck his constellation artifact, Mjolnir. Charging forward with the spirit of a Viking, he threw himself into the Apocalypse Dragon's electric wave without the slightest fear.

Tzzzzzzzt!

Amazingly, he endured the electric wave. Most of the incoming wave concentrated on his hammer, Mjolnir. Like a lightning rod receiving a strike, his body twisted in agony.

Every Constellation of Asgard was lending Thor their Plausibility.

[Oooooooooh-!]

Thor's veins bulged, and his bloodshot eyes protruded. His sculpted muscles were blackening from the electricity.

The first shockwave wasn't the tail swipe itself, merely a byproduct it created. Yet from that byproduct alone, a fabled-grade Constellation was dying miserably.

[Aaaaaaah!]

Just as Thor was about to let go of his hammer, someone gripped it alongside him.

[I wasn't interested in Norse mythology, but this is impressive.]

It was an entirely unexpected Constellation.

Thor cried out in shock.

[Let go! A bastard like you has no business holding this hammer! You can't even control lightning!]

[I can do a little. My father is the god of lightning.]

The successor to the Seat of Lightning.

It seemed Dionysus had become Olympus's successor after Zeus left. Only Zeus's heir could inherit Olympus's lightning Status.

[The fable Lightning Carnival begins its story!]

The fable that had once been a possible inheritance for me surged from Dionysus's entire body. Dionysus vigorously gulped down the wine he carried at his waist and let out a thrilled scream.

[Ahhh, this feels good!]

Even as he was being scorched by lightning, Dionysus laughed.

The joint effort of Asgard and Olympus.

They endured with the strength of the fables their fellow Constellations had poured into them. But it didn't last long. The overflowing Status of the Apocalypse Dragon soon grew greater than both nebulae combined.

Surya groaned.

[If only Indra were here... I can't believe I'd miss that punching bag.]

In the original story, the first shockwave was neutralized by the three gods of lightning.

But because Kim Dokja Company had defeated Indra, the place of Indra, one of those three gods, was empty.

[Is there no other Constellation who can control lightning?]

I hadn't intended to step forward here, but there was no other choice.

"I'll help."

[You have activated Demon King Transformation.]

I wasn't a lightning Constellation. Still, I could use something similar.

[Bookmark No. 5 has been activated!]

[The Exclusive Skill Electrification Lv. 23 (+13) has been activated.]

[Your current physical composition differs from that character's.]

[Your Status has overcome the penalty imposed by your physical condition.]

White-blue martial energy wrapped around my body.

Scattering dazzling lightning, I joined Thor and Dionysus.

[The Great Fable Spring of the Demon Realm begins its story.]

[The Great Fable Holy Flame That Devoured Myth begins its story.]

Two Great Fables supported me, and a storm of electricity crashed over me.

Dionysus wasn't in his right mind if he could call this thrilling.

[It's bearable after a drink. Want some?]

Dionysus's entire lower body had already turned black as he said that.

Thor, who had already become black as charcoal, chuckled.

[Demon King of Salvation, it seems we'll die together here.]

[If I die with you, that would make a decent story too. Let's become an oral fable people will remember far and wide.]

[Hm, then will that be a fable of Asgard, or a fable of Olympus?]

[Stop talking nonsense and focus.]

An immense pain surged from my palms. Together with Thor and Dionysus, I stood like a dam against the incoming electricity.

Before long, the first shockwave's momentum began to weaken little by little.

We only had to endure this. Just a little longer, just a little longer.

But we were being pushed back faster than the shockwave was weakening.

Dionysus shouted.

[Damn it, it's overflowing-!]

If our strength gave out here, every companion behind us would be finished.

Even knowing that, we had no way to stop it. Just as I was about to tell my companions to run, someone's hand braced the collapsing dam.

Was there another god of lightning left?

There could have been. There were quite a few beings who controlled lightning in fables spread throughout the world. But no name came to mind right away. This person was even absorbing electricity far faster than Thor, Dionysus, and I could. Where had a Constellation like this come from...?

[It seems you've neglected your training. You still can't even withstand this much electricity.]

The moment I heard the voice, I let out a hollow laugh.

Thor asked in surprise, [Who are you? I've never seen a Constellation like you.]

At those words, a lofty Status rippled out in anger.

People said handsome men had small faces. By that standard, there was no man in the world more handsome than this one.

[I am not a Constellation.]

I had stupidly forgotten. The person in this Star Stream who could control electricity best was not a Constellation, but this man.

Brilliant white-blue electricity exploded from his sky-blue hair as it streamed through the air.

[I am Kyrios Lordgrime, master of this lazy disciple.]

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